for brass quintet

    by Lee McClure

Performed by The Saturday Brass Quintet

    Terry Szor, trumpet

    Charles Olsen, trumpet

    Lawrence A. DiBello, french horn

    Richard Kessler, trombone

    Kyle Turner, tuba

CAMI Hall, NYCity, March 21, 1992

This work is an arrangement of McClure's Litany To The Holy Spirit for chorus premiered by The Gregg Smith Singers. It can be heard at:

Litany II outline

Time      Bar#   Description
  0:00        1     intro - dramatic
  1:34      37     bolero
  2:44      63     walking bass waltz
  3:31      84     transition
  4:23    103     mysterious sostenuto - ghost & bird sounds
  6:00    135     crescendo to funk ostinato and diminuendo
  7:07    150     quiet mood
  7:51    181     call & answer with accelerando
  8:19    176     double time
  9:59    261     call & answer - fast blues
10:49    314    transition
11:18    327     inspirational anthem - rhapsodic
13:35    373     coda - pedal point
14:49    397         (end)